The IRS Whistleblower Goes Public and Goes On Camera; The IRS Kept Changing the Rules On His Investigation of Hunter Biden -- "Each and Every Time, It Seemed to Always Benefit the Subject [of the Investigation]"

He has not publicly said this concerns Hunter Biden, but sources have confirmed it is about Hunter Biden, and the mobbed-up DoJ and IRS running interference for him.

The 14-year-veteran of the IRS, Gary Shapley, claimed the Justice Department gave special treatment to the investigation in ways he had never witnessed before during an interview with "CBS Evening News" Tuesday.
"There were multiple steps that were slow-walked -- were just completely not done -- at the direction of the Department of Justice," Shapley told CBS News chief investigative correspondent Jim Axelrod in his first public remarks. "When I took control of this particular investigation, I immediately saw deviations from the normal process. It was way outside the norm of what I've experienced in the past."
The IRS investigator -- who was recently removed from the highly sensitive probe in what he believes was an act of retaliation -- is scheduled to testify before the House Ways and Means Committee in a closed-door meeting Friday.

...
Shapley was assigned to supervise the investigation in January 2020 and said over the summer, he grew concerned at how he saw the Justice Department treating the case and certain measures being used to seemingly shield the first son.
"Each and every time, it seemed to always benefit the subject," he said during the CBS News interview. "It just got to that point where that switch was turned on. And I just couldn't silence my conscience anymore."
Shapley had expressed concerns about the case being swept under the rug internally for years before bringing his misgivings to the public.
He said the final straw came following a "charged meeting" with Justice Department officials in October 2022 that ended with him and his team being removed from the investigation after years of work.
"It was my red-line meeting," Shapley told CBS News.

JUST IN: During an exclusive interview with CBS News, IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley exposed the Department of Justice for interfering in the Hunter Biden criminal investigation.

Why is the ‘equal justice under the law’ crowd so quiet right now?

“When I took control of this… pic.twitter.com/If9MnTheE3
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 25, 2023

Related: Jim Jordan and Thomas Massie announce investigation into Fifth-Columnist Financial Institution Bank of America, for voluntarily giving up confidential customer records to the FBI so they could match "anyone who bought a hot dog in DC on January 6th" with a list of gun owners.

🚨 Chairmen @Jim_Jordan and @RepThomasMassie launch investigation into Bank of America voluntarily sharing customers’ private financial data with the FBI.

Read the letter ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/dGVI6A49eQ
— House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) May 25, 2023

Just the News:

The lawmakers pointed to the testimony of retired FBI Supervisory Intelligence Analyst George Hill, who said that the bank "with no directive from the FBI, data-mined its customer base. And they data-mined a date range of 5 to 7 January [of 2021] any BOA customer who used a BOA product." Hill further indicated that the bank had looked into its customers who purchased firearms and those who made transactions in Washington, D.C., during the date range.
Hill also indicated that the firearm purchase information had neither a date range nor geographic limit. His former supervisor has corroborated his testimony.
"This information appears to have had no individualized nexus to particularized criminal conduct, but was rather a data dump of BoA customers' transactions over a three-day period," the pair wrote. "This information undoubtedly included private details about BoA customers who had nothing at all to do with the events of January 6."

Some people are going to have to go to prison for this.

End the Fifth Column Financial Institutions.

Posted by: Ace at 05:36 PM

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1 Teaser for Justified, City Primeval:

https://youtu.be/R0pJU13nKyM

Posted by: Sharkman at May 25, 2023 05:37 PM (uwFkA)

2 huh. I checked out of Justified in its last season. Seemed like a lot of wheel-spinning. also, they had made boyd into a hero for the past seasons and then had him turn villain again for the last season, and I guess I wasn't on board for that

Posted by: ace at May 25, 2023 05:39 PM (KRtlO)

3 Countdown to this whistleblower being sentenced in Federal court?

Posted by: blaster at May 25, 2023 05:40 PM (pwExq)

4 More sternly worded letters ?

Posted by: It's me donna at May 25, 2023 05:40 PM (bs+z0)

5 Some people are going to have to go to prison for this.

End the Fifth Column Financial Institutions.
Posted by: Ace

Not just the paraders for sure!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 25, 2023 05:40 PM (fZmG/)

6 Not who I want to see nude

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, GotG vol 3 review at May 25, 2023 05:40 PM (xcxpd)

7 >>>3 Countdown to this whistleblower being sentenced in Federal court?

Maybe antifa can just "protest" outside his house until he's afraid for his life and quits his job.

Posted by: ace at May 25, 2023 05:40 PM (KRtlO)

8 Some people are going to have to go to prison for this.

Yeah. Like this whistleblower.

Posted by: blaster at May 25, 2023 05:40 PM (pwExq)

9 I'm shocked CBS ran this....

Posted by: It's me donna at May 25, 2023 05:41 PM (bs+z0)

10 "Some people are going to have to go to prison for this."

Small bet on the whistleblower going to jail.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, GotG vol 3 review at May 25, 2023 05:41 PM (xcxpd)

11 I'd say I'm mashing the "Nothing Will Happen" button. But it's long since broken.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 25, 2023 05:42 PM (Angsy)

12 Some people are going to have to go to prison for this.

And I want a pony for Christmas.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 25, 2023 05:42 PM (nfrXX)

13 what will happen first? the FBI/DOJ/IRS will roll over on Hunter Biden? or WW3 will happen?

Posted by: bored383 at May 25, 2023 05:42 PM (4Kzkx)

14 Motto of the DOJ: Equal Justice? Fuck That Shit!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at May 25, 2023 05:43 PM (FVME7)

15 Can we match up brick, water bottle, and/or concrete puchases of the Antifas in certain cities at certain times?

Posted by: Isophorone at May 25, 2023 05:43 PM (biHDK)

16 How about them mother fricking Dawgs!
America's Team.
LGF!

Posted by: Eagle Lips at May 25, 2023 05:43 PM (w8feh)

17 Spoiler alert: nobody will go to prison, well maybe the whistleblowers

Posted by: steevy at May 25, 2023 05:43 PM (yezA1)

18 Rules? We don't need no stinking rules.......

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 25, 2023 05:44 PM (ncXxy)

19 One of these days we are going to find out Roswell was real.

Posted by: fd at May 25, 2023 05:44 PM (iayUP)

20
I owe BOA some money so I guess I'm safe. Wouldn't want to be a depositor though.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 25, 2023 05:44 PM (enJYY)

21 The fix is in on the federal level.

From the courts to the alphabet agencies to the layabout ham and eggars loading up the boxcars.

The occasional whistle blowing will simply be shunted aside, ignored like the SCROTUM’s decisions the marxists don’t like.

Deep Doo Doo is here. Watch your step.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 25, 2023 05:44 PM (R/m4+)

22 The whistleblower will get 18 years .

Posted by: polynikes at May 25, 2023 05:45 PM (MNhXM)

23 BOA needs a class action suit in a suitable venue.

Posted by: MkY at May 25, 2023 05:45 PM (cPGH3)

24 Eating fresh peach ice cream reading the primary wars threads below.
😂 Lmao
💀

Posted by: Eagle Lips at May 25, 2023 05:45 PM (w8feh)

25 Breaking911 @Breaking911 · 5 minutes
JUST IN: Texas lawmakers recommend impeaching Attorney General Ken Paxton after investigators detail years of alleged wrongdoing - AP

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 25, 2023 05:45 PM (Vwz3I)

26 CBS also ran an earlier report critical of some aspect of the Biden agenda(don't recall what it was). Now this report. Someone is giving CBS the clearance to go after Joey. The Dems realize that he'll be a complete veg by 11/24 and they're looking to move him out.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 25, 2023 05:45 PM (XaUsS)

27 25 Breaking911 @Breaking911 · 5 minutes
JUST IN: Texas lawmakers recommend impeaching Attorney General Ken Paxton after investigators detail years of alleged wrongdoing - AP
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 25, 2023 05:45 PM (Vwz3I)

What ?

Posted by: It's me donna at May 25, 2023 05:46 PM (bs+z0)

28 The fibs are a corrupt, outside the law, venial, and ruthless arm of the socialists/leftists?

I'm shocked! Shocked I say!!

I honestly must say I shocked that the CBS Evening News would touch this. That does surprise me.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 25, 2023 05:46 PM (qoGsy)

29 It saddens me to learn about the coming suicide by two shots to the back of the head using a pump shotgun that will be found at the scene next to his Nazi flag.

Posted by: Have you figured out that the gay flag is a p3d0 flag? at May 25, 2023 05:46 PM (EdaAK)

30 Rules? We don't need no stinking rules.......

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 25, 2023 05:44 PM (ncXxy)

No rules in a knife fight!

https://tinyurl.com/3f7e4vwr

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 25, 2023 05:46 PM (Angsy)

31 Not prison. The Wall.

Posted by: Fox2! at May 25, 2023 05:46 PM (iZPr8)

32 The only way Democrats will be held accountable is if there are American aircraft carriers at the bottom of the Pacific, Chinese troops in the streets of American cities and cannibalism in Detroit.

Well maybe not that last one.

Posted by: Wonkish Rogue at May 25, 2023 05:46 PM (OZjDX)

33
"Each and Every Time, It Seemed to Always Benefit the Subject [of the Investigation]"

__________

Funny how the Democrats always seem to get the breaks, ain't it?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2023 05:46 PM (M3naX)

34 How Soviet of the FBI. 🤡

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 25, 2023 05:46 PM (Q4IgG)

35 Small bet on the whistleblower going to jail.

On a positive note, he has remarkable career prospects working the other side of the IRS negotiating table.

Isn't an IRS criminal investigator/whistleblower with an axe to grind against his (soon to be former) employer exactly the kind of person some people want? One who knows all of the dirty tricks and traps that the IRS sets up to snare private citizens?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at May 25, 2023 05:46 PM (YXHzG)

36
As I said this morning, every agency, bureau and department is not merely corrupt, it is the SYSTEM. And it's against us.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 25, 2023 05:47 PM (x0n13)

37
The whistleblower will get 18 years .

Posted by: polynikes at May 25, 2023 05:45 PM

Protected class, probably gay. NTTAWWT.

Popcorn time.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 25, 2023 05:47 PM (enJYY)

38 "The IRS Whistleblower Goes Public and Goes On Camera; The IRS Kept Changing the Rules On His Investigation of Hunter Biden -- "Each and Every Time, It Seemed to Always Benefit the Subject [of the Investigation]"

Hey, Diogenes, you can stop your search.

Eureka!

Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 25, 2023 05:47 PM (/iWhV)

39 Another reason to buy your DC hot dogs with cash.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 25, 2023 05:47 PM (ufFY8)

40
And I want a pony for Christmas.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 25, 2023 05:42 PM (nfrXX)

____________

And free ice cream.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2023 05:47 PM (M3naX)

41 25 Breaking911 @Breaking911 · 5 minutes
JUST IN: Texas lawmakers recommend impeaching Attorney General Ken Paxton after investigators detail years of alleged wrongdoing - AP
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 25, 2023 05:45 PM (Vwz3I)

The wrongdoing is he's pro-American, and pro-rule of just law, right?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 25, 2023 05:48 PM (x0n13)

42 The current cultural marxists are smarter than to push for outright communism. The incompetent government owning the means of production means they’d be responsible all manor of skill and knowledge they simply will never have

It’s better to control those who do in fact control the means of production. At least they’re competent

And here we are with the Bank of America

Posted by: Blutarski at May 25, 2023 05:48 PM (GSDl4)

43 @3

>>Countdown to this whistleblower being sentenced in Federal court?

You joke, but as the saying goes, the people we are up against are no boy scouts, they mean business and I could easily see them charging him with obstructing an investigation and classified information, or make up whatever you can imagine.

These people look at laws and statutes not as hard and fast rules that must be evenly and fairly applied but more like as an artist see's a palate full of paint and a canvas..

They are opportunities for creativity and experimentation.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 25, 2023 05:48 PM (up/3i)

44
How Soviet of the FBI. 🤡
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 25, 2023 05:46 PM (Q4IgG)

__________

Sword and Shield of the Biden Administration

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2023 05:49 PM (M3naX)

45 My 80 year old fat retard with narcissistic delusions of grandeur and a questionable record is better than the autistic effeminate Florida manlet who is better than the incest pedo crime family with Bolshevik/Maoist backing.
The state of it all.

Posted by: Eagle Lips at May 25, 2023 05:49 PM (w8feh)

46 Some people are going to have to go to prison for this.

-or-

Some people are goint to get a promotion and a big fat Christmas bonus!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 25, 2023 05:49 PM (ga8qR)

47 31 Not prison. The Wall.
Posted by: Fox2! at May 25, 2023 05:46 PM (iZPr

Fucking Pink Floyd...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, GotG vol 3 review at May 25, 2023 05:49 PM (xcxpd)

48 He has not publicly said this concerns Hunter Biden, but sources have confirmed it is about Hunter Biden, and the mobbed-up DoJ and IRS running interference for him.

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"The Federal Mafia."

[h/t famed Las Vegas tax protester Irwin Schiff who died in prison, R.I.P.]

Posted by: ShainS -- Oppression Scientist at May 25, 2023 05:49 PM (Npncq)

49 IRS I mean.

The FBI is Soviet too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 25, 2023 05:49 PM (Q4IgG)

50 Breaking911 @Breaking911 · 5 minutes
JUST IN: Texas lawmakers recommend impeaching Attorney General Ken Paxton after investigators detail years of alleged wrongdoing - AP
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 25, 2023 05:45 PM (Vwz3I)

What ?
Posted by: It's me donna at May 25, 2023 05:46 PM (bs+z0)

Republicans don’t protect their own. Paxton does his job well. Some of his other decisions haven’t been the smartest.

Posted by: polynikes at May 25, 2023 05:50 PM (MNhXM)

51
Some people are goint to get a promotion and a big fat Christmas bonus!
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 25, 2023 05:49 PM (ga8qR)

Winter Break bonus !

Posted by: It's me donna at May 25, 2023 05:50 PM (bs+z0)

52 It saddens me to learn about the coming suicide by two shots to the back of the head using a pump shotgun that will be found at the scene next to his Nazi flag.
Posted by: Have you figured out that the gay flag is a p3d0 flag?

And not a drop of blood on the flag.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 25, 2023 05:50 PM (ga8qR)

53 You joke....
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 25, 2023 05:48 PM (up/3i)

No, I don't. The only possible jailee here is the whistleblower.

Posted by: blaster at May 25, 2023 05:51 PM (pwExq)

54 Some people are going to have to go to prison for this.

..

We're going to start with Trump.

Posted by: Garland at May 25, 2023 05:51 PM (8yT+c)

55 @50

>>Republicans don’t protect their own.

Haven't read the article, but it's more than likely just a hyperventilating headline concerning a couple of Donks emoting like the little bitches they are.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 25, 2023 05:51 PM (up/3i)

56 Breaking911 @Breaking911 · 5 minutes
JUST IN: Texas lawmakers recommend impeaching Attorney General Ken Paxton after investigators detail years of alleged wrongdoing - AP
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 25, 2023 05:45 PM (Vwz3I)

The wrongdoing is he's pro-American, and pro-rule of just law, right?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 25, 2023 05:48 PM

They are just trying to get ahead of the federal charges that are coming down the pike soon. The doj just took over the corruption probe of him.

I could be misremembering but IIRC if they impeach him and he is removed the governor gets to name a replacement to fill out the remainder of his term.

Either way, he is going to be gone soon.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 25, 2023 05:51 PM (ncXxy)

57 JUST IN: Texas lawmakers recommend impeaching Attorney General Ken Paxton after investigators detail years of alleged wrongdoing - AP
———
What ?

I suppose I could be wrong but I assume this is just another round of the same BS the Austin DA has been pulling for years. 10:1 that “Texas lawmakers” == “Austin Democrats.”

Posted by: Oddbob at May 25, 2023 05:52 PM (nfrXX)

58 Don't forget that before they imprison you for political reasons for 18 years, they do it AFTER they steal an election in broad daylight.

And as far as I can tell, the crime was pointing out that they stole it so there's also that.

I think anything else can be left rather unsaid.

Posted by: ... at May 25, 2023 05:52 PM (efphj)

59 > Republicans don’t protect their own. Paxton does his job well. Some of his other decisions haven’t been the smartest.
Posted by: polynikes
__________

This is why they fail. Democrats are in lockstep no matter what the situation. Republicans are.... not.

Democrats will keep Fetterman in office, push aside calls for Feinstein to retire and so on. Yet, Republicans will keep the likes of McConnell in office until he croaks.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 25, 2023 05:53 PM (Q4IgG)

60 I think anything else can be left rather unsaid.
Posted by: ... at May 25, 2023 05:52 PM (efphj)

I am sure we can do better than that!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 25, 2023 05:53 PM (/xaUq)

61 Posted by: Oddbob at May 25, 2023 05:52 PM (nfrXX)

Not quite unfortunately.

Posted by: polynikes at May 25, 2023 05:53 PM (MNhXM)

62 These are made guys. No one can fuck with them. Even if they were to go to prison, they'd get a special deal. I can see Hunter using a razor to slice garlic, so it liquifies in cooking.

Posted by: Eeyore at May 25, 2023 05:53 PM (TgBWG)

63 "Each and Every Time, It Seemed to Always Benefit the Subject [of the Investigation]"

Hillary! coin toss level bullshit.

Posted by: Traitor democrats, Raping, Trafficking and Mutilating the Children They Cannot Kill at May 25, 2023 05:53 PM (0q+t6)

64 Jim Jordan and Thomas Massie announce investigation into Fifth-Columnist Financial Institution Bank of America, for voluntarily giving up confidential customer records to the FBI so they could match "anyone who bought a hot dog in DC on January 6th" with a list of gun owners.

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Out: Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie, and Chevrolet.
In: Protest, hot dogs, buy a gun, and go to jail.

Posted by: ShainS -- Oppression Scientist at May 25, 2023 05:54 PM (Npncq)

65 Gary Shapley will not have committed suicide either.

Posted by: Rowsdower: Still Saying Ashli Babbitt's Name and Wondering Whether Ray Epps Is a Fed at May 25, 2023 05:54 PM (2pZ0T)

66 Blow that whistle till your eyes bleed, that Hunter dog don't hunt.

Posted by: WhitePunk at May 25, 2023 05:54 PM (KILK5)

67 the bank "with no directive from the FBI, data-mined its customer base.
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I wouldn't be so sure about "no directive from the FBI".

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 25, 2023 05:55 PM (fs1hN)

68 The balls on that guy

Posted by: Zeera 'We want fun and we wanna get wasted! at May 25, 2023 05:55 PM (zC17c)

69 Clap him in irons....

Posted by: The DOJ at May 25, 2023 05:56 PM (JiBYy)

70 Remember when whistleblowers were the Times person of the year? Good times...

Posted by: InZona at May 25, 2023 05:56 PM (0pKTq)

71 Nobody is going to prison for this.

Posted by: Allen at May 25, 2023 05:56 PM (u3Rpg)

72 I wouldn't be so sure about "no directive from the FBI".
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 25, 2023 05:55 PM (fs1hN)

A question is not technically a directive.

Posted by: blaster at May 25, 2023 05:56 PM (pwExq)

73 For his families sake, hope his insurance policy does not rule out being suicided.

Posted by: WhitePunk at May 25, 2023 05:57 PM (KILK5)

74 Dammit! I missed the Stewart Rhodes thread. I was on vacation in Missouri to see my oldest grandson graduate from high school. Anyway, I have a picture I found of Stewart Rhodes with Ray Epps and some woman who sort of looks like Ashley Babbit from a Christmas party. This whole thing is suspicious.

Posted by: Gwenn at May 25, 2023 05:58 PM (9Gr7n)

75 Not quite unfortunately.

OK. I went and read one news site article. The sh*t may be real this time.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 25, 2023 05:58 PM (nfrXX)

76 Some people are going to have to go to prison for this.

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Unfortunately those "some people" are MAGA conservatives.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 25, 2023 05:59 PM (gZ1jb)

77 BoA corporate headquarters probably has an office with simply "Liaison" on the door. Most of the alphabets have a desk.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 25, 2023 05:59 PM (lz5hY)

78
Once Jordan and Massie get to the bottom of the BofA crime, then what?

And there shouldn't be anything closed-door about any hearings. BofA executives in public testimony, explaining exactly who made what decision and why, and how much confidential info was dumped into the FBI's lap.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 25, 2023 05:59 PM (lCaJd)

79 Yeah I really liked the Heavy Metal soundtrack but... its not heavy metal save the one Maiden song.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 25, 2023 06:00 PM (0hOvj)

80 wouldn't be so sure about "no directive from the FBI".

-

I'm betting there are multiple CIA / FBI agents in leadership positions at the top, same as Twitter, Budweiser, etc

Posted by: Have you figured out that the gay flag is a p3d0 flag? at May 25, 2023 06:00 PM (EdaAK)

81 I am going to take a wild guess and say the B of A employee who headed the data dredge is "Former FBI lawyer.".

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 25, 2023 06:01 PM (slgIg)

82 Not that I have any tears for Paxton personally but it’s going to have knock-on effects that won’t be helpful. And the attempts at guilt by association will be absurd.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 25, 2023 06:02 PM (nfrXX)

83 That wasn't much of a teaser.

My bad.

Posted by: Sharkman at May 25, 2023 06:02 PM (uwFkA)

84 Any company that works with the Feds in any capacity should be liable for civil rights violations. Won't happen but a class action suit should be filed for ...oh, say $1 trillion. These companies need a permanent resolution to this Fed-washing.

Posted by: weft cut loop at May 25, 2023 06:03 PM (jzzG8)

85 Quote Tweet: Cernovich @Cernovich · 4h
Stewart Rhodes, who committed no violence and it’s not even clear what his crimes were, was sentenced to 18 years in prison. Stalin’s gulags were usually 5-10 year bids. The communist takeover of the DC Courts system is now complete.

Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando · 3h
Portland antifa firebombed a federal courthouse for months and attacked DHS agents. None of this happened to them.

Realize where we are.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 25, 2023 06:03 PM (Vwz3I)

86 I'm betting there are multiple CIA / FBI agents in leadership positions at the top, same as Twitter, Budweiser, etc
____

Friend of mine at mega-bank says there have been profiles of new employees with FBI backgrounds on the company internal website lately. Cyber security, compliance etc. seems innocuous. Probably nothing.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 25, 2023 06:04 PM (fs1hN)

87 They are just trying to get ahead of the federal charges that are coming down the pike soon. The doj just took over the corruption probe of him.

I could be misremembering but IIRC if they impeach him and he is removed the governor gets to name a replacement to fill out the remainder of his term.

Either way, he [Paxton] is going to be gone soon.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 25, 2023 05:51 PM (ncXxy)

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George P. Bush is tanned, rested, ready, and available!

Posted by: ShainS -- Oppression Scientist at May 25, 2023 06:05 PM (s1sKH)

88 Friend of mine at mega-bank says there have been profiles of new employees with FBI backgrounds on the company internal website lately. Cyber security, compliance etc. seems innocuous. Probably nothing
-

Five years until they're CEOs

Posted by: Have you figured out that the gay flag is a p3d0 flag? at May 25, 2023 06:05 PM (EdaAK)

89 Not that I have any tears for Paxton personally but it’s going to have knock-on effects that won’t be helpful. And the attempts at guilt by association will be absurd.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 25, 2023 06:02 PM

I suspect that's why they are getting ahead of the curve in trying to oust him. There is going to be some serious trickle down effect and people are bailing.

So far 7 of his top lawyers have resigned stating that he has committed serious federal crimes and they want no part of it. I am not sure how he got reelected, but he did.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 25, 2023 06:06 PM (ncXxy)

90 This is one reason why I use three banks...one for checking, one for savings, and one for credit cards.

Moving money nowadays is trivially easy, and this might keep somebody from easily learning everything.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 25, 2023 06:06 PM (ZCCyW)

91 Some people are going to have to go to prison for this.

The most and unlikeliest punishment any of them will ever face is Trump's photo back on their office wall.

Posted by: DaveA at May 25, 2023 06:07 PM (FhXTo)

92 Hell maybe, prison no.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at May 25, 2023 06:07 PM (tA1/w)

93 I am going to take a wild guess and say the B of A employee who headed the data dredge is "Former FBI lawyer.".
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy
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Rogue, low-level employee.

Posted by: Brian Moynihan at May 25, 2023 06:08 PM (PpiXp)

94 >>Remember when whistleblowers were the Times person of the year? Good times...

I remember when the safety and holiness of whistleblowers was so sacred we weren't even allowed to say their names for fear that some rightwing whacko might go after them.

Eric Ciamarella

Posted by: JackStraw at May 25, 2023 06:08 PM (ZLI7S)

95 The wrongdoing is he's pro-American, and pro-rule of just law, right?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
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Pretty much.

Posted by: lin-duh at May 25, 2023 06:08 PM (UUBmN)

96 90 This is one reason why I use three banks...

Do you have three SS#s too ?

Posted by: Next2Nothing at May 25, 2023 06:08 PM (tA1/w)

97 BOA acted in violation of several laws, including I believe D.C. Data Privacy laws. That's before we get pt direct violations of their own T&C's which do not give them license to expose any data without a warrant.

I can't wait for the blood sucking lawyers to get on this one.

It also goes without saying. That nobody should bank with them.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 25, 2023 06:08 PM (IaTa3)

98 Here's the key bit from DeSantis:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1661804289952546836

"I think he did great for three years. But when he turned the country over to Fauci in March of 2020 that destroyed millions of people's lives.”

It needs to be said, whether you're voting for the guy from Florida or the Dumb Manhattan Meatball.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at May 25, 2023 06:09 PM (gHSfI)

99 >>The IRS Kept Changing the Rules On His Investigation of Hunter Biden --

Ooh, get Rep Darrell Issa on this right away- he knows how to handle the IRS

Posted by: DB - author, So You Want To Talk Like Hans Gruber Talking Like Bill Clay at May 25, 2023 06:09 PM (geLO8)

100 3 Countdown to this whistleblower being sentenced in Federal court?

Not long. I wonder what they'll frame him with? My bet is kiddie pr0n on his government computer.

Posted by: Gref at May 25, 2023 06:09 PM (AMIL/)

101 Eric Ciamarella

Posted by: JackStraw at May 25, 2023 06:08 PM (ZLI7S)

Dude...it's almost dinner time. Don't ruin my appetite.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 25, 2023 06:10 PM (ZCCyW)

102 I suspect that's why they are getting ahead of the curve in trying to oust him. There is going to be some serious trickle down effect and people are bailing.

So far 7 of his top lawyers have resigned stating that he has committed serious federal crimes and they want no part of it. I am not sure how he got reelected, but he did.
Posted by: Mister Scott
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This is all part of turning Texas blue....

Posted by: lin-duh at May 25, 2023 06:10 PM (UUBmN)

103 Any company that works with the Feds in any capacity should be liable for civil rights violations. Won't happen but a class action suit should be filed for ...oh, say $1 trillion. These companies need a permanent resolution to this Fed-washing.

Posted by: weft cut loop at May 25, 2023 06:03 PM (jzzG

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Nice. The judges would also have accepted Fed-laundering.

Posted by: ShainS -- Oppression Scientist at May 25, 2023 06:10 PM (s1sKH)

104 It also goes without saying. That nobody should bank with them.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 25, 2023 06:08 PM (IaTa3)

A.P. Gianinni is rolling over in his grave.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 25, 2023 06:11 PM (Angsy)

105 Do you have three SS#s too ?

Posted by: Next2Nothing at May 25, 2023 06:08 PM (tA1/w)

Four.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 25, 2023 06:11 PM (ZCCyW)

106
This is one reason why I use three banks...one for checking, one for savings, and one for credit cards.

Moving money nowadays is trivially easy, and this might keep somebody from easily learning everything.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 25, 2023 06:06 PM

Not to one-up you but I use four banks. Some I owe, some owe me, some give me money for opening an account, etc. I recently got a credit report that dinged me for having multiple accounts.

I don't think it was a serious ding. More a slap on the hands and minus two points for taking free money.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 25, 2023 06:11 PM (enJYY)

107 By the way, BOA stock fell off a cliff back in February when some of this started leaking out. They've been basement dwelling lately.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 25, 2023 06:11 PM (IaTa3)

108 Nicolas Cage should run for Congress, and if elected, specialize in investigating the IRS.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 25, 2023 06:11 PM (lz5hY)

109 Do you have three SS#s too ?

Three passports. A couple of visas.

Posted by: blaster at May 25, 2023 06:12 PM (pwExq)

110
I can't wait for the blood sucking lawyers to get on this one.
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The late night commercials will be epic:

'Did you or a member of your family have an account at BoA'?
'Call 1-800-555-Lawyer, right now!'

Posted by: Mike hammer, etc., etc. at May 25, 2023 06:12 PM (PpiXp)

111 huh. I checked out of Justified in its last season. Seemed like a lot of wheel-spinning. also, they had made boyd into a hero for the past seasons and then had him turn villain again for the last season, and I guess I wasn't on board for that

Posted by: ace

Mileage varies, of course. It's one of my favorite series, right after Chuck, Rome, Firefly and Person of Interest. Boyd did get a little rehab in the last season, but he did end up behind bars at the end.

Posted by: Sharkman at May 25, 2023 06:12 PM (uwFkA)

112 @89

>> I am not sure how he got reelected, but he did.

Well, what are the "crimes," that are alleged?

Is it similar to how they went after Rick Perry for legitimately exercising his authority but construing it as a crime?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 25, 2023 06:13 PM (up/3i)

113 Friend of mine at mega-bank says there have been profiles of new employees with FBI backgrounds on the company internal website lately. Cyber security, compliance etc. seems innocuous. Probably nothing
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Five years until they're CEOs
Posted by: Have you figured out that the gay flag is a p3d0 flag?

Sooner if Jamie Dimon is decided to retire earlier.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 25, 2023 06:14 PM (qoGsy)

114 By the way, BOA stock fell off a cliff back in February when some of this started leaking out. They've been basement dwelling lately.
Posted by: Marcus T

All that means is Blkrck/Vanguard can scoop it up cheaply and boost it back to previous levels. Shaking out weak hands is what they do on the regular. Oh, and slaughtering naked shorts.

Posted by: weft cut loop at May 25, 2023 06:14 PM (jzzG8)

115 OT -

A Canadian dad is urging an Ontario Catholic school board not to fly the pride flag but to “take up the cross” as a symbol of love and mercy.

https://youtu.be/xjW8iWHp-l4

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 25, 2023 06:14 PM (fs1hN)

116 Mr. Shapely illegally released proprietary information on the internal functioning of the IRS and its processes. This represents an egregious threat to the integrity of the nations revenue collection system. I hereby sentence you to 25 years in federal prison.

Posted by: Judge Priyadarshini Balakrishnan at May 25, 2023 06:14 PM (PB859)

117 Do you have three SS#s too ?

Three passports. A couple of visas.
Posted by: blaster

Which one do you want Agent Smith? My American passport or my Aussie or Canadian one?

Posted by: Tonypete at May 25, 2023 06:15 PM (qoGsy)

118 Not to one-up you but I use four banks. Some I owe, some owe me, some give me money for opening an account, etc. I recently got a credit report that dinged me for having multiple accounts.

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Your credit score dropped.

- So?

Don't you want a good credit score?

- Why? I save up to buy the things I purchase.

DON'T YOU WANT A GOOD CREDIT SCORE?!!!

Posted by: Jim Beam wants you to support p3d0 and scat fetishes, made a rainbow bottle too at May 25, 2023 06:15 PM (5/7b/)

119
Cash baby

Only use cash

Cept online and gas pumps

Posted by: Yo! Ultra MAGA at May 25, 2023 06:16 PM (RSA4U)

120 I am not sure how he got reelected, but he did.

Because everyone, like I did, presumed that the attacks were pure BS like we had seen them run on Delay and Perry before. Also, Bush.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 25, 2023 06:16 PM (nfrXX)

121 Jfc UKR sent a massive barrage of missiles into RUS territory.

RUS put 5 Tu-95s in the air.

Now we know why the special phones were given out.

Bastards are prob all down in DUMBs rn laughing at us.

Bye bye Kiev.

Posted by: Thesokorus at May 25, 2023 06:16 PM (pcoZY)

122 94 >>Remember when whistleblowers were the Times person of the year? Good times...

I remember when the safety and holiness of whistleblowers was so sacred we weren't even allowed to say their names for fear that some rightwing whacko might go after them.

Eric Ciamarella

Posted by: JackStraw at May 25, 2023 06:08 PM (ZLI7S)

I remember when the Congressman who conspired with Ciamarella and Bear Claw Vindman to write the whistleblower complaint said, "I don't know the name of the courageous and patriotic whistleblower. No one has a right to know."

Posted by: Gref at May 25, 2023 06:17 PM (AMIL/)

123 Some people are going to have to go to prison for this.
Posted by: Ace at 05:36 PM

They already are! But it takes time to frame and prosecute all you J6 Trumpers...but we've got the patience, the zeal, and all your tax dollars to see it through!

Posted by: Biden's DOJ at May 25, 2023 06:17 PM (NCgXW)

124 The most and unlikeliest punishment any of them will ever face is Trump's photo back on their office wall.

Posted by: DaveA at May 25, 2023 06:07 PM (FhXTo)

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It's no coincidence that, for four years running through 2020, the U.S. Deep State produced the greatest assemblage of dart throwers in the world.

Posted by: ShainS -- Oppression Scientist at May 25, 2023 06:17 PM (s1sKH)

125 re 85: and, as i recall, when trump sent federal marshals to arrest rioters, pelosi called the marshals 'storm troopers'

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 25, 2023 06:17 PM (B1FKF)

126 I bought 100 rounds of 6.5mm Carcano and I picked it up at my gun store (requiring a CA background check) on Biden's inauguration day. I figure that definitely got me on some kind of list.

Posted by: tommylotto at May 25, 2023 06:18 PM (6QQM8)

127 Gary Shapley was sentenced today to life in prison, for the charge of seditious honesty.

In sentencing him, u.s. district court judge Achmed bin Laden said we don't want Mr. Shapley's kind in this country, roaming around speaking truth willy nilly.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 25, 2023 06:18 PM (6qV27)

128 Hope his life insurance is paid up

Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2023 06:18 PM (xhxe8)

129 I remember when the Congressman who conspired with Ciamarella and Bear Claw Vindman to write the whistleblower complaint said, "I don't know the name of the courageous and patriotic whistleblower. No one has a right to know
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IIRC - They couldn't name him because if they did, people would figure out that he had no direct knowledge of his claims and therefore didn't qualify as a whistleblower under the regs.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 25, 2023 06:18 PM (fs1hN)

130 Before I die in a n-word bomb blast I want DJT to call Ron "meatwad" on the twitter.

Once would be enough tbh.

Posted by: Thesokorus at May 25, 2023 06:19 PM (pcoZY)

131 We're not citizens anymore.
We are hostages.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 25, 2023 06:19 PM (MeG8a)

132 "Hope his life insurance is paid up
Posted by: Skip "

He should at least get the $9.99 plan.

Posted by: fd at May 25, 2023 06:21 PM (iayUP)

133 I just want to get this in my name field before I forget it.

Posted by: N Word Bomb Blast at May 25, 2023 06:21 PM (5/7b/)

134 He should at least get the $9.99 plan.

Eh. Didn’t work out as well as I thought.

Posted by: Zombie Herman Caine at May 25, 2023 06:22 PM (nfrXX)

135 It’s better to control those who do in fact control the means of production

That is what separates fascism from communism. And the establishment obsession with calling extinct and irrelevant Nazis bad is probably their way of keeping the masses from figuring out THEY are the fascists.

Posted by: azjaeger at May 25, 2023 06:22 PM (RYZvD)

136 I'm tempted to go to the Trump War thread below to read the comments. Just to see how much of a trainwreck it was.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at May 25, 2023 06:23 PM (5p7BC)

137 We're not citizens anymore.
We are hostages.
Posted by: gourmand du jour

We're Venezuela. We have memories of a functioning republic, relatively honest elections, fair courts...But it's all window dressing. I only look forward to what will rise from the ashes. Might be fun.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 25, 2023 06:23 PM (B/7uq)

138 I bought 100 rounds of 6.5mm Carcano and I picked it up at my gun store (requiring a CA background check) on Biden's inauguration day. I figure that definitely got me on some kind of list.
Posted by: tommylotto at May 25, 2023 06:18 PM (6QQM

Yeah, that's the kind of ammo that if you fire it at the back of somebody's head from an elevated position above, will explode the guy's head, as if it was a high velocity 5.56mm round fired from a position directly behind, sending shrapnel upward, as if the round fragmented.

It's weird how such a large slow moving round causes such an incongruent wound, but that's those Italians for you.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 25, 2023 06:23 PM (6qV27)

139 Oops. Forgot the sock.

You can't be turned down, you know.

Posted by: Jonathan at May 25, 2023 06:23 PM (iayUP)

140 Nicolas Cage should run for Congress, and if elected, specialize in investigating the IRS.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 25, 2023 06:11 PM (lz5hY)

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Dude is a National Treasure.

Posted by: ShainS -- Oppression Scientist at May 25, 2023 06:23 PM (s1sKH)

141
The only thing a good credit score ensures is that I will buy shit I can only barely repay.

But then again I got something in the mail from some financial institution recently which says my net worth is in the 96th percent of Americans range.

Which only tells me that an entire galactic shit-load of Americans are in horrific financial disarray. No wonder Joe Potatoe is taking graft from whoever is dumb enough.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 25, 2023 06:23 PM (enJYY)

142 So in my never ending curosity about motivations, why is CBS giving this guy air time?

Obviously, this can only hurt the regime, why report on it?

Posted by: Dave in Fla at May 25, 2023 06:24 PM (5p7BC)

143 Ace, from the side bar: there's a decent video of Burton Cummings appearing on stage with Steve Miller. Paso Robles 2015 or so I think.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at May 25, 2023 06:24 PM (2YtOq)

144 I just wanted to point out ahead of time that Gary Shapley didn't kill himself.

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at May 25, 2023 06:25 PM (DTX3h)

145 Which only tells me that an entire galactic shit-load of Americans are in horrific financial disarray. No wonder Joe Potatoe is taking graft from whoever is dumb enough.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

You're not wrong.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 25, 2023 06:25 PM (qoGsy)

146 But then again I got something in the mail from some financial institution recently which says my net worth is in the 96th percent of Americans range.

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Ha. I got something similar. "Congratulations on being part of the top whatever!"

My first thought was "If that's the case then I truly feel sorry for the rest of you broke bastards."

Posted by: N Word Bomb Blast at May 25, 2023 06:25 PM (5/7b/)

147 When's the annual Geo. Floyd memorial BBQ and city burning?

Posted by: weft cut loop at May 25, 2023 06:26 PM (jzzG8)

148 /sock before I forget. Again.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 25, 2023 06:26 PM (nfrXX)

149 Are we a country or a collection of states? I’m afraid there is a consolidation of power in the states. We now have the “free” states and “totalitarian” states. Without some consequential court rulings, this will persist until we have a Democratic Congress that can reestablish our freedoms as Americans. In the meantime, we need to do our best to support oppressed communities and individuals!

I think a Balkanization of the Never-Actually-United States is coming sooner than people realize. Cascadia forever!

More and more Americans are dividing into red and blue states. I live in a red state and it's horrible if you want basic human rights without the state telling you what to do and think. My fear is this division well might be permanent.

We used to be a country until Ronald Reagan, Rush Limbaugh and Fox News came. 😡

Exactly! The damn propaganda was pumped to the clueless. I attribute to Rupert Murdoch much of the downfall of the US.

We're a country when it helps the GOP, and we're a collection of states when it helps the GOP. Democrats get the leftovers.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 25, 2023 06:26 PM (NCgXW)

150 Obviously, this can only hurt the regime, why report on it?
Posted by: Dave in Fla at May 25, 2023 06:24 PM (5p7BC)

To remind us that they are in charge and that they aren't going to be held to account.

The gaslighting is part of the kink.

Posted by: blaster at May 25, 2023 06:26 PM (pwExq)

151 About as off-topic as I can get:

One thing I hate about summer is that most of my office mates wear flip-flops. Lord I hate the meaty "slap-slap-slap" all friggin' day long. Vaguely nauseating.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at May 25, 2023 06:27 PM (T/Lqj)

152 Sidebar heavy metal

Standing Hampton is one of my favorite albums of all time.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 25, 2023 06:27 PM (OnhE9)

153 I'm tempted to go to the Trump War thread below to read the comments. Just to see how much of a trainwreck it was.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at May 25, 2023 06:23 PM (5p7BC)

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Between now and the end of primary season, you're gonna see the same trainwreck at least a thousand more times.

Posted by: ShainS -- Oppression Scientist at May 25, 2023 06:27 PM (s1sKH)

154 Because society isn't full of enough sociopathy...

@BNONews 1m
FDA approves first human trial for Elon Musk's brain chip company Neuralink

Posted by: weft cut loop at May 25, 2023 06:27 PM (jzzG8)

155 It was posted a couple of years ago that the average 60 year old had $16,000 (sixteen thousand) saved across all accounts for retirement. That's not money for a car. That's money for 30 years of not working.

Posted by: N Word Bomb Blast at May 25, 2023 06:28 PM (5/7b/)

156 Bye bye Kiev.

Posted by: Thesokorus at May 25, 2023 06:16 PM (pcoZY)

Nonsense.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 25, 2023 06:28 PM (ZCCyW)

157 "Somebody is going to have to go to prison for this "

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I believe an Oath Keeper walked past the IRS building. He didn't go in or anything. But everyone knows what the Oath Keepers think about the IRS.

Better throw the book at him. Just in case.

Posted by: Just Lily at May 25, 2023 06:28 PM (RLLZj)

158 "Lord I hate the meaty "slap-slap-slap" all friggin' day long. "

Some phrasing might be in order here.

Posted by: fd at May 25, 2023 06:29 PM (iayUP)

159 So in my never ending curosity about motivations, why is CBS giving this guy air time?

Obviously, this can only hurt the regime, why report on it?

So people will know who he is when he's very publicly assassinated.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 25, 2023 06:29 PM (Bd6X8)

160 Standing Hampton is one of my favorite albums of all time.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 25, 2023 06:27 PM (OnhE9)

that, and Three-lock Box. Peak Hagar.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at May 25, 2023 06:29 PM (T/Lqj)

161 One thing I hate about summer is that most of my office mates wear flip-flops. Lord I hate the meaty "slap-slap-slap" all friggin' day long. Vaguely nauseating.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at May 25, 2023 06:27 PM (T/Lqj)

Sponge loves that sound...it turns him on.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 25, 2023 06:29 PM (ZCCyW)

162 Dude is a National Treasure.
Posted by: ShainS -- Oppression Scientist at May 25, 2023 06:23 PM (s1sKH)

I met him once, at the Harry Reid airport, he was staring at the Departures board.

I think he was drunk.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 25, 2023 06:29 PM (6qV27)

163 This left wing infiltration of the fbi, justice, and the dc federal circuit is so mu8ch bigger than watergate it boggles the mind

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 25, 2023 06:29 PM (pmmLi)

164 Yeah, that's the kind of ammo that if you fire it at the back of somebody's head from an elevated position above, will explode the guy's head, as if it was a high velocity 5.56mm round fired from a position directly behind, sending shrapnel upward, as if the round fragmented.

It's weird how such a large slow moving round causes such an incongruent wound, but that's those Italians for you.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 25, 2023 06:23 PM

And the powder they used during WWII was ring powder which became unstable after about five years or so. Oddest looking powder I ever saw. It looks like tiny little thick tall plastic cheerios made from gun powder. Stuff is garbage and it deteriorates quickly. Add in the fact that the fmj bullet was unstable and tended to start tumbling once it left the barrel and bob's your uncle.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 25, 2023 06:29 PM (ncXxy)

165
Ha. I got something similar. "Congratulations on being part of the top whatever!"

My first thought was "If that's the case then I truly feel sorry for the rest of you broke bastards."

Posted by: N Word Bomb Blast at May 25, 2023 06:25 PM

Exactly. Hardly a heart warming message about America. If I'm nearly the top and only some relatively minor catastrophe away from ruin...?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 25, 2023 06:30 PM (enJYY)

166 "Lord I hate the meaty "slap-slap-slap" all friggin' day long. "

Some phrasing might be in order here.
Posted by: fd at May 25, 2023 06:29 PM (iayUP)

Nope. I wrote that with all its implications. As I said, nauseating.

Never been a fan of open toed shoes, and flip-flops are the worst.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at May 25, 2023 06:30 PM (T/Lqj)

167 The Republican primary for all it matters will get to me eventually. Really until then not a lot I can do about it.

Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2023 06:30 PM (xhxe8)

168 One of these days we are going to find out Roswell was real.
Posted by: fd at May 25, 2023 05:44 PM (iayUP)

WUTT?? It's NOT? I learned from the movie "Independence Day" that it IS real!!

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at May 25, 2023 06:31 PM (Zvtjl)

169 147 When's the annual Geo. Floyd memorial BBQ and city burning?

Posted by: weft cut loop at May 25, 2023 06:26 PM (jzzG

Thirty minutes after sundown.

Posted by: Gref at May 25, 2023 06:31 PM (AMIL/)

170 "I think he did great for three years. But when he turned the country over to Fauci in March of 2020 that destroyed millions of people's lives.”

It needs to be said, whether you're voting for the guy from Florida or the Dumb Manhattan Meatball.
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Ron DeSantis @GovRonDeSantis · Nov 24, 2020
I’ve been meeting with federal officials involved in Operation Warp Speed & have been able to get key questions answered for Florida. We have been working to procure therapeutic treatments for our hospitals & are ready to begin distributing vaccines pending FDA approval.
https://tinyurl.com/4tpusu3z

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 25, 2023 06:31 PM (Vwz3I)

171 Ron DeSantis @GovRonDeSantis · Dec 9, 2020
I was at the @WhiteHouse yesterday with President @realDonaldTrump, HHS @SecAzar and others to discuss vaccine distribution plans and highlight the incredible potential of Operation Warp Speed. Florida looks forward to vaccines being shipped soon!

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 25, 2023 06:32 PM (Vwz3I)

172 When's the annual Geo. Floyd memorial BBQ and city burning?

Posted by: weft cut loop at May 25, 2023 06:26 PM (jzzG

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DURING PRIDE MONTH???

Posted by: ShainS -- Oppression Scientist at May 25, 2023 06:32 PM (s1sKH)

173 https://youtu.be/03Nq632eV6I?t=206

He's on the ground.

Posted by: DaveA at May 25, 2023 06:33 PM (FhXTo)

174 "All that means is Blkrck/Vanguard can scoop it up cheaply and boost it back to previous levels." Posted by: weft cut loop

Does Vanguard do "proprietary trading"? (I think that is the term, for trading for themselves, perhaps against their customers, as Goldman Sachs did)

Then there is Fidelity ... they are huge, but "private". Not sure what that means, but I can't see if they are trading against me, or not. I tend to trust Fidelity more, but there is nothing certain any more.

Posted by: illiniwek at May 25, 2023 06:34 PM (Cus5s)

175 >One thing I hate about summer is that most of my office mates wear flip-flops....

Posted by: Pug Mahon

no dress code?

Posted by: DB - author, So You Want To Talk Like Hans Gruber Talking Like Bill Clay at May 25, 2023 06:34 PM (geLO8)

176 The TU-95, in age and size, is roughly comparable to the B-36 which the US retired over half a century ago. (minus the pusher engines, of course)

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 25, 2023 06:35 PM (i9ffA)

177 no dress code?
Posted by: DB - author, So You Want To Talk Like Hans Gruber Talking Like Bill Clay at May 25, 2023 06:34 PM (geLO

Dress codes are racist.

Posted by: blaster at May 25, 2023 06:35 PM (pwExq)

178 Flip flops are for children, in summer

Posted by: DB - author, So You Want To Talk Like Hans Gruber Talking Like Bill Clay at May 25, 2023 06:35 PM (geLO8)

179 156 Bye bye Kiev.

Posted by: Thesokorus at May 25, 2023 06:16 PM (pcoZY)

Nonsense.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 25, 2023 06:28 PM (ZCCyW)

UKR has made at least 3 strikes at RUS nuclear capability. The most recent were sabotage attacks at n-word plants in RUS itself.

They have said they intend to assasinate Putin.

Depleted uranium.

Posted by: Thesokorus at May 25, 2023 06:36 PM (pcoZY)

180 I keep saying Watergate was the first Eff Bee Eye takedown of a Republican President. It was a kindergarten crime compared to what the Democrats have done beginning with Barky

Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2023 06:36 PM (xhxe8)

181 Flip flops are for children, in summer
Posted by: DB - author

Or Repub pols depending on their measurements of the winds.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 25, 2023 06:36 PM (qoGsy)

182 Or maybe young ladies 18-25 with really pretty feet and nice pedicures
BUT THAT'S IT

Posted by: DB - at May 25, 2023 06:36 PM (geLO8)

183 RUS might not hit Kiev today. But they are going to flatten that city sooner or later.

Posted by: Thesokorus at May 25, 2023 06:37 PM (pcoZY)

184 For all you democrats and left wingers using the justice system for political cases, Just Remember: WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND!!

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 25, 2023 06:38 PM (pmmLi)

185 I'm tempted to go to the Trump War thread below to read the comments. Just to see how much of a trainwreck it was.
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The horror.

The horror.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 25, 2023 06:39 PM (Vwz3I)

186 174 "All that means is Blkrck/Vanguard can scoop it up cheaply and boost it back to previous levels." Posted by: weft cut loop

Does Vanguard do "proprietary trading"? (I think that is the term, for trading for themselves, perhaps against their customers, as Goldman Sachs did)

Then there is Fidelity ... they are huge, but "private". Not sure what that means, but I can't see if they are trading against me, or not. I tend to trust Fidelity more, but there is nothing certain any more.
Posted by: illiniwek at May 25, 2023 06:34 PM (Cus5s)

Fidelity is "private" in the sense of not being on public markets, like the New York Stock Exchange and such.

Vanguard is structured like a credit union, so rather unique and not comparable to public companies(which have traded stock) or private ones(which don't).

Vanguard is mostly known for passive investments (index funds) at very low costs.

In both cases the assets are largely ultimately owned by customers and not the firm.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at May 25, 2023 06:39 PM (eYoxG)

187 Add in the fact that the fmj bullet was unstable and tended to start tumbling once it left the barrel and bob's your uncle.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 25, 2023 06:29 PM (ncXxy)

Yeah, without being too graphic, the carcano round, had it hit him from where it supposedly hit him from, should have taken off the whole head, or caused a wound that would have blown a huge hole in the LOWER part of the head, not take the scalp off the top part.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 25, 2023 06:39 PM (6qV27)

188 I believe Nic Cage was in Buckaroo Banzai. In my heart. I believe this.

Posted by: Thesokorus at May 25, 2023 06:39 PM (pcoZY)

189 For all you democrats and left wingers using the justice system for political cases, Just Remember: WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND!!

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Sternly written letters and additional funding.

Posted by: N Word Bomb Blast at May 25, 2023 06:40 PM (5/7b/)

190 Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 25, 2023 06:31 PM (Vwz3I)

You are being disingenuous.

In November and December of 2020, NOBODY knew how bad the vaccine was.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 25, 2023 06:40 PM (ZCCyW)

191 >Target's top executive dismissed the social media uproar over the retailer's new line of LGBTQ-friendly kids clothing, saying that marketing the products are good for business and "the right thing for society."

what do you get when the c-suite are mega salaried and the shareholders are mega funds like vanguard and blackrock

well you have a corporate structure where the granular and local incentives aren't necessarily driven by profits

ban the stock market?

Posted by: naftali (havel) at May 25, 2023 06:41 PM (+EnXD)

192 Add in the fact that the fmj bullet was unstable and tended to start tumbling once it left the barrel and bob's your uncle.
Posted by: Mister Scott

That was an artifact of a particular carbine. The Fusil or long rifle used gain twist rifling--the original carbines did not. But, during the later stages of WWI and after, Italy converted long rifles by simply chopping the barrels of the long rifles rather than rebarrelling. This mean that the twist rate was a mismatch with the issued ammo resulting in an unstabilized bullet with horrible effects on accuracy. WWII era carbines have no such problem because Italy was caught short in a transition to 7.35 when it occurred and it rebarrelled back to 6.5 Carcano. Some were sent to the Finns to help them against the USSR.

The long rifles with gain twist were even used post WWII by the Italian military in international shooting competitions and they can be as accurate as other WWII era weapons with open sights with the correct .268 bullet diameter and bullet weight for ammo.

Posted by: whig at May 25, 2023 06:41 PM (wUSgb)

193 It was a kindergarten crime compared to what the Democrats have done beginning with Barky
Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2023 06:36 PM (xhxe

I keep saying that Bob O'Donnell prosecution was the prototype. ODonnell was Republican governor of Virginia who had defeated his Democrat opponent by 30 points. He was widely considered to be a possible opponent to run against Obama. A "whistleblower" - the chef in the Governor's mansion - made some allegations. Feds indicted and prosecuted O'Donnell. He took it to the Supreme Court who overturned the prosecution because what he had been convicted of WAS NOT EVEN A CRIME.

Of course, by then it cost him tens of millions in legal fees, his marriage, his political career, and pretty much demolished the Republican party in Virginia.

Posted by: blaster at May 25, 2023 06:42 PM (pwExq)

194 50 Breaking911 @Breaking911 · 5 minutes
JUST IN: Texas lawmakers recommend impeaching Attorney General Ken Paxton after investigators detail years of alleged wrongdoing - AP
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 25, 2023 05:45 PM (Vwz3I)

What ?
Posted by: It's me donna at May 25, 2023 05:46 PM (bs+z0)

Republicans don’t protect their own. Paxton does his job well. Some of his other decisions haven’t been the smartest.
Posted by: polynikes at May 25, 2023 05:50 PM (MNhXM)

Look a little bit deeper and you quickly find it's all bullshit. The quickest way to show it's bullshit is to point out that the Legislative session ends next Monday, and the Lege won't meet again until January, 2025. (Really!) So WHEN are they threatening to impeach him - in 2025? Oh yeah that's a serious threat.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 25, 2023 06:43 PM (i9ffA)

195 "In both cases the assets are largely ultimately owned by customers and not the firm." Posted by: Red Turban Someguy

OK, so if I own stock at Fidelity, is it in my name, or in the "street name" (which I think means their name, but their accounting shows it is owed to me)? If SHTF, it would be best to be in my name. AFAIK, it is usually in the brokerage's name, but I'm not sure.

Posted by: illiniwek at May 25, 2023 06:44 PM (Cus5s)

196 Yeah, without being too graphic, the carcano round, had it hit him from where it supposedly hit him from, should have taken off the whole head, or caused a wound that would have blown a huge hole in the LOWER part of the head, not take the scalp off the top part.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 25, 2023 06:39 PM (6qV27)

You haven't seen the pictures? Huge hole in the lower part of the head is exactly what they show.

Posted by: blaster at May 25, 2023 06:44 PM (pwExq)

197 oh hey, nood

Posted by: sockamster, gator at May 25, 2023 06:44 PM (MLrvz)

198 are largely ultimately owned by customers and not the firm.

But voted by the firm.

Posted by: DaveA at May 25, 2023 06:45 PM (FhXTo)

199 Also re Carcanos, Italy used the existing rifles in 6.5 Carcano until replaced by US aid and Beretta made Garand receivers using US parts for their box magazine variant of the Garand.

Think during the 50's, some US ammo makers made 6.5 Carcano ammo for foreign export and a little bit of domestic consumption but that is from memory. Italy did make 6.5 Carcano post WWII btw for internal consumption for its police and military.

Posted by: whig at May 25, 2023 06:45 PM (wUSgb)

200 When Poland finally had enough, how long was it before they had a change in government?

I'm just trying to figure out where we might be on the modern day government overthrow timeline.

If there's such a thing. If not... there should be.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 25, 2023 06:45 PM (Q4IgG)

201 One of these days we are going to find out Roswell was real.

Posted by: fd at May 25, 2023 05:44 PM (iayUP)

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After half the world went literally clinically insane during 2020, I started wondering if there was something to chemtrails, HAARP, fluoride in the water, X-Files bees, you name it ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Oppression Scientist at May 25, 2023 06:45 PM (IvUe1)

202
I live in a red state and it's horrible if you want basic human rights without the state telling you what to do and think.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions

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Tssshhhh. I wonder which basic human right the victim couldn't exercise? What did the state tell xim to do and think?

By the way, what IS the main lefty site these days? Some of the original big blogs seem to be fading away.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 25, 2023 06:46 PM (lCaJd)

203 The whistleblowers actions were being referred to as 'subordination' by that Wallace chick on MSNBC last week, I think.

Surely Mr. 'without fear or favor' should be able to work something up.

Posted by: micky at May 25, 2023 06:46 PM (3byMq)

204 Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 25, 2023 06:31 PM (Vwz3I)

You are being disingenuous.

In November and December of 2020, NOBODY knew how bad the vaccine was.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 25, 2023 06:40 PM

Well it's not like we had been told by the *experts* that covid was going to kill millions and millions of Americans if they did not get vaccinated and the cdc/fda/hhs was most definitely not covering up any negative side effects from the vaccine and hiding that information from the public.

So meatball ron is guilty because he couldn't see the future.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 25, 2023 06:47 PM (ncXxy)

205 195 "In both cases the assets are largely ultimately owned by customers and not the firm." Posted by: Red Turban Someguy

OK, so if I own stock at Fidelity, is it in my name, or in the "street name" (which I think means their name, but their accounting shows it is owed to me)? If SHTF, it would be best to be in my name. AFAIK, it is usually in the brokerage's name, but I'm not sure.
Posted by: illiniwek at May 25, 2023 06:44 PM (Cus5s)

You'd need a lawyer to go through the particulars of what Fidelity has set up. There are differences from firm to firm that have mattered in past bankruptcies such as Lehman Brothers.

The highest level of security from custodian bankruptcy afaik is a "Separately Managed Account", which is only used by the wealthy and institutions.

In terms of conversations about "institutional ownership", that's stuff owned through index or mutual funds.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at May 25, 2023 06:49 PM (eYoxG)

206 183 RUS might not hit Kiev today. But they are going to flatten that city sooner or later.
Posted by: Thesokorus at May 25, 2023 06:37 PM (pcoZY)

What are they waiting for, Christmas? Oh wait that already came and went. I thought it fascinating to see that Yevgeniy Prigozhin, head of the Wagner Group, said yesterday that his private forces had taken 20,000 casualties (killed, not just wounded) in the fight for Bakhmut. Compare to how in the 8 years of the Vietnam War, the US took approx 58,000 casualties. Russia just took a third of that to gain one burned out village.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 25, 2023 06:50 PM (i9ffA)

207 I guess DeSantis being a neocon and supporting the Ukraine WW3 plus being an enthusiastic supporter of force feeding inmates Ensure at Guantanamo Bay until they throw up all over themselves is off limits too. Ok.

Posted by: Mooby Diick at May 25, 2023 06:50 PM (7Z/uo)

208 198 "are largely ultimately owned by customers and not the firm."

But voted by the firm.
Posted by: DaveA at May 25, 2023 06:45 PM (FhXTo)

As a general rule, they are not voted. That's why it's possible to change how a firm operates with just a small % of shares.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at May 25, 2023 06:52 PM (eYoxG)

209 Don't know much about Paxton, been seen snippets the Democrats have wanted to hang khim from the beginning to protect their own

Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2023 06:53 PM (xhxe8)

210 Compare to how in the 8 years of the Vietnam War, the US took approx 58,000 casualties. Russia just took a third of that to gain one burned out village.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 25, 2023 06:50 PM (i9ffA

Why did you choose Vietnam?

Fuck both RUS and UKR.

RUS has n-word dominance globally and we're letting London egg UKR into attacking RUS n-word capability.

Posted by: Thesokorus at May 25, 2023 06:56 PM (mJkBz)

211 Disingenuous like the quoted...??
"I think he did great for three years. But when he turned the country over to Fauci in March of 2020 that destroyed millions of people's lives.”

And all of the 2020 tweets from here don't count?
https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec

It seems like quoting like to like to me that motivated my response.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 25, 2023 06:58 PM (Vwz3I)

212 Guess we are willowed

Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2023 07:01 PM (xhxe8)

213 I reckon you're right, Skip. [adjusts dented-Stetson]

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214
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